Phlogiston

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[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

“Not incentivized”!

They like using the current word “buy” because people think it means they “own” a digital copy. Since that’s not true what we’re really saying here is that they like lying because that makes them more money.

I think the more honest term is “rent”. A normal rental agreement online is for like 48hrs. This is a rental agreement for a much longer, but unspecified, time period.

You’d think a court case would clear this up. But probably not.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

My 2005 forester is much smaller than many other cars out there. It takes a full size mtn bike just fine. The real key is the boxy shape. The EV9 is bigger but not by much and might be worth me checking out. thx.

I really appreciate having the bike inside after a ride allowing me to stop for food or an errand on the way home.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I've totally got the money to buy a new car. My 2005 forester is getting long in the tooth and i'm ready to replace it.

I want a smallish car with the same basic features: AWD, 4door, boxy rear so I can toss a full size mtn bike in there, good in the snow, etc.

My distinct impression is that the manufacturers want to sell high end (all the options and $$) but don't give a shit about usability. Chevy volt comes close but can't take a bike.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's always difficult to merge worlds but maybe adamantium is roughly equivalent to beskar or slightly better.

I think wolverine would win in that fight. He's got lots of experience fighting many different enemies varied power including "throw things at him" and can take a ton of damage. In contrast vader will be a bit surprised by the healing abilities, commentary and hidden armor.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Google’s privacy policy states this is only true for public documents: “use publicly available information to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities”.

That seems different from your claim.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don’t see the existence or use of GPT to be a “massive invasion of privacy” — although I agree that the chat logs can be very personal.

What aspects are you concerned about?

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The parallels are obvious but I haven’t seen anybody state that it actually is covid.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Sadly war sucks ass.

If it was a command post then there must be a path for Israel to attack. It’s not like Hamas gets to use “one weird trick” to exclude their command center from being a valid target.

If Israel thought it was a military target, did every thing else right, but sucked up then it’s a sucky product of urban war.

If Israel knew it was really only a hospital and attacked anyway — then they are morally and strategically fucked. Rightfully so. (Kinda like how other countries have also overreacted to a terrorist attack and gone after the wrong target).

And of course the reality of all this probably doesn’t matters because a large number of people make up their mind first and from then on ignore and other intelligence even when it’s gathered.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even if this was 'only' an issue for the people that make all our food its an important issue and pesticide drift is a thing. so its also an issue for the people that live near where our food is made

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Sure. The cracker is the flesh and blood of an omnipotent god? An omnipotent god can certainly tell what somebody is feeling.

I don’t actually believe in any religion so I’m not overly bothered by the idea that only magicians can get into heaven. There are so many cults and competing (and arbitrary) rules about what it takes to be rewarded for obedience… It’s hardly worth marveling at any of the weirdnesses of a particular doctrine.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

as an “adult” is just a mental construct that was embedded into most people at a young age

and

When you grow up, you realize you’re still the same person but with more responsibilities

... and kids can step up to responsibilities way earlier than we prefer to admit. They might not be as good at it as somebody more developed but they can do it.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Until I have to be.

sadly this is what i means to be an adult. we know when 'i don't want to' becomes 'i have to'. :(

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